Outdoor recreation

Today the search for the mountain climber Boyan Petrov, who has been missing for a few days, is expected to resume, reports BTV. He disappeared during an expedition to climb Mount Shisha Pangma in the Himalayas on the territory of China.

Our Embassy in Beijing has received information on Petrov's disappearance on May 3rd.

Mountaineer Boyan Petrov has been missing for several days, his wife Radoslava Nenova reported on Facebook.

The Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has issued a directive that paves way for the establishment of base stations in large parks, even if they have playgrounds. 

A 40-year-old woman drowned while rafting on Ladonas River near Kalavryta in the northern Peloponnese, it was reported on Saturday.

According to the ANA-MPA news agency, the incident occurred when the raft she was in with another 10 people capsized and catapulted her into the rushing river.

The 40-year-old died before rescue crews had a chance to help her.

Of around 200,000 certificated scuba divers in Turkey, only 30 percent are women, Turkish Underwater Sports Federation Scuba Diving Board Member Engin Kondul has said. 

Boyan Petrov climbed his 10th peak over eight-thousand meteres in his career as an mountaineer. His relatives announced that the 44-year-old zoologist at the National Museum of Natural History yesterday successfully reached the top and then returned to the base camp of the 7th-highest peak in the world - Dhaulagiri (8172 m).

Greek fisherman Vagellis Lagonas from Sidirounda, Chios broke the world record for catching the heaviest common dentex. The amateur fisherman caught the larger 11kg fish on July 26 at a depth of 35 metres and his feat was subsequently verified by the International Underwater Spearfishing Association. “It was a great dive from 22 to 35 meters.

An English tourist has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Sunny Beach, police said in Bourgas, cited by FOCUS News Agency.

A 54-year-old spearfisher was killed by a speedboat Wednesday off the coast of Kallithea in Halkidiki, northern Greece. According to port authorities, the man was brought to surface bleeding heavily and taken to shore by the speedboat driver before an ambulance rushed him to a nearby health center where he was pronounced dead.

A 54-year-old spearfisher was killed by a speedboat Wednesday off the coast of Kallithea in Halkidiki, northern Greece. According to port authorities, the man was brought to surface bleeding heavily and taken to shore by the speedboat driver before an ambulance rushed him to a nearby health center where he was pronounced dead.